About 7 thousand hectares in the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic have not yet cleared and is not suitable for enabling works, said the Acting Minister of agriculture and food LNR Ruslan Sorocabana.

"the situation at the end of spring 2015, 14, 5 thousand hectares was to be mine, now a little more than 7 thousand hectares left," - said the correspondent of Sorocabana.

according to his statement, the remaining area to defuse problematic - some of them located along the line of contact in Donbas, where bombings continue, another part was covered with high grass, which also hinders the work of the sappers.

"As soon as it is cold, will be made otpuska areas with high grass - ed.) for subsequent clearance," said Sorocabana.

The Ukrainian authorities in April last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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